The 25^th Great Northern Festival (GNF) for Audio Visual sequences took place in Manchester over the weekend of 30^th/31^st November. Within the Festival there are two competitions, one for the experts and, one that is known as New Horizons.

The main competition is open to all residents of Great Britain, including Northern & Southern Ireland, and overseas residents if they are attending. The New Horizons Competition is a restricted category for those authors who have not previously won awards in a major competition. Authors receive verbal feedback on the day from the Judges and written feedback after the Competition.

Jim Waddington entered the New Horizons competition as he has done in previous years, with his latest sequence ‘My Private Peaceful’. This is a sequence about a soldier in the trenches who goes over the top into enemy lines and gets shot and dies. The story was written by a twelve-year-old girl for a school project and narrated very professionally with great passion.

The surprise came during the prize giving when Jim was awarded ‘highly commended’ and a Great Northern Ribbon for his sequence. He is still on cloud nine.

Dear all,

Please see the mail received from John Watkins below which I think may be of interest to some of our members.

 

My name is John Watkins, as well as being a member of the Hayling Island Camera Club, I have also been a volunteer at the Eastney Gas Engine House for the last 10 years. During this period the volunteers have cleaned painted and maintained these, 115 year old magnificent and rare Crossley Y2  Gas engines, whilst also installing auxiliary electric motors so that they can be seen turning at a reduced speed.Currently we are open to the Public on the last Sunday of the month from 11 am to 5 pm.

 

As a volunteer I have negotiated with Portsmouth City Council to allow Photo Shoots in the Gas engine House on non-open pubic days and must follow the Photographic Session Rules [as per the attachment ]. These must be filled in and handed to a volunteer  before the session commences. Models are permitted,and should be sourced by yourselves… I spoke to the chairman of the Gosport Steampunk Society during the summer who indicated that members would be willing to be photographed at a session… but this needs to be confirmed.

 

It is proposed to run 2-3hr sessions a month with a max of 10 photographers commencing Jan 2020.

 

If Your Club is interested I may be contacted by Email

secretary@haylingislandcameraclub.co.uk

or telephone  023 9269 0292.

 

We are in the process of setting up “friends of the eastney gas engine house” where there are a few Images.

 

Any Contributions to the renovation and maintenance of the Gas Engine House would be very much appreciated.

 

Cheers John